English
lentisk
Lentisk comes from Latin lentiscus ‘the mastic-tree’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElentiscus‘the mastic-tree’
- Englishtodaylentisk
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElentiscus‘the mastic-tree’
- Englishtodaylentisk
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lentos ‘soft, smooth, pliant’
through Latin lentus ‘flexible, pliant’
Today it means
noun A tree, the lentiscus, Pistacia lentiscus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lentiscus / lentisk